Why are numbers converted to scientific notation?

[jordwalke]

Why is the number 1000 compiled into 1e3?

I think I have to remove this assumption because in some languages, scientific notation produces a non integer type which are not ===. For example in PHP 1e3 !== 1000 but 1e3 == 1000.

I'm curious what the motivation was behind compiling 1000 into 1e3. I think this could be moved into a minifier stage if the goal was to save some bytes.

[hhugo]

The goal was indeed to save some bytes.
For rehp, you most likely have your own version of string_of_number where you can implement whatever is needed without interfering with javascript, right ?

[jordwalke]

Correct, we do - and I've since customized it accordingly. Thanks I was just curious.